Floods: Calls for a national flooding agency

A past president of the Irish Academy of Engineers, and former managing director of ESB international, has repeated his calls for the establishment of a national agency to tackle Ireland’s flooding problems.

Don Moore originally made the case for a strategic approach to climate change and flooding in an article in the Irish Examiner more than five years ago.

Following the flooding that has plagued parts of the country in the past week, Mr Moore said that significantly more investment is needed to battle both river and coastal flooding.